Alaska Flies Part 3

[jdmidwest]

This pattern was a killer last time on the Silvers (COHO). I tyed them on too weak of a hook and straightened them out. This time, I used a heavier hook. I had trouble finding the Everglow material, Cascade Crest Tools carries it and they have some other hard to find stuff. They also have a few great tools, cheap. Like some of my other flies, it glows in the dark, emitting in a frequency that seems to attract fish. Extremely helpful in glacier waters or muddied streams

Alaskan Everglow

Everglow Tubing Material, medium, red or green

Targus 3761 Nymph Hooks Size 2

.35 lead wire

Flour. Thread, Wapsi 70

To tye the fly, cut a piece of the tubing about 2" longer than the hook and remove the center filler. Tye the lead in and run the thread to the back of the hook. Fray out 1" of the Everglow and slip it on the hook, tye off and whip finish the back of the hook to make the tail. Scrunch up the remaining material on the hook, re-tye the thread at the eye. Fray out the front of the material and pull it back over the eye, leaving some of the material solid to form the body. Tye in the front at the eye, fold over the frayed material to make a wing, form a head and finish off. You can add some spay hackle or just leave it all Everglow. I have pics both ways. Save the filler material, it works great on dry spinners and winging material.